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hentan

  • verb [ weak ]
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hentan, p. te
To pursue, follow after, seize[?]
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  • Gif hé man tó deáþe gefylle beó he ðonne útlah and his hente mid hearme ǽlc ðara ðe riht wille

    if he fell a man to death, let him then be an outlaw, and let every one that desires right pursue him with hue and cry [?],

    • L. E. G. 6; Th. i. 170, 10
    • :
    • L. C. S. 49; Th. i. 404, 11.
  • Nime ðonne leáfe ðæt hé móte hentan æfter his ágenan

    let him then take leave to follow after his own,

    • 19; Th. i. 386, 17.
Etymology
[
Chauc. Piers P. hente to seize, take, get
:
Prompt. Parv. hentin rapere
.]
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v. ge-hentan.
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